After recent stories like this one, I really have to wonder about the skeletons hiding in the Liberal closets these days. The Liberals are crossing all acceptable lines of conduct in their desperate attempts to retain power. I suspect when the Tories take over office shortly - a LOT of Liberal heads are gonna roll.
I hope the country's prisons have room for them all.
SASKATOON -- An already tense race in the riding of Saskatoon-Wanuskewin has taken a downright nasty turn.
Liberal candidate Chris Axworthy has apologized to Conservative incumbent Maurice Vellacott after someone used a phone in Axworthy's campaign office to falsely accuse Vellacott of sexual assault on a live televised candidates' forum earlier this week.
Axworthy concedes the call came from his office, but believes someone not connected to his campaign sneaked in and made the call.
But Vellacott insists it was a Liberal supporter because someone he knows recognized the voice and says he's prepared to take legal action.
Axworthy, a former Saskatchewan justice minister, issued a statement yesterday afternoon apologizing and called the sex assault allegation "deplorable."
"In as much as it appears that our phones were misused and that the comments were hurtful to Mr. Vellacott, I offer my heartfelt apologies," said Axworthy.
The incident happened Tuesday night on Shaw Television, the local community station in Saskatoon.
Vellacott said a caller to the forum accused him of sexually assaulting his secretary while he worked as a pastor at Saskatoon's North Park Church.
Vellacott was a pastor before being elected as an MP in 1997, but maintains he has never worked at North Park and most certainly has never been accused of sexual assault.
The caller was cut off by the station and Vellacott asked staff for the number from the call display.
Shortly afterward, Vellacott discovered the number was listed to Axworthy's office.
"This floors me," said Vellacott.
"I'm not a stranger to people saying disparaging things and unkind remarks and so on, but this is something of an altogether different matter.
"It's one thing for kind of slanderous things to be said, but this is moving an awful lot beyond the pale."
Source:
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Election...02781-sun.html